Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-03
ISrps,;NrAL Koon.

Mn. EDIroR:--Plcssc publish the
following in the SioSAL-CoriAHAS;--
For tho benefit OF those who have
never had any experience in denial
room, l beg leave to give vent to my
thoughts and expressions. On my
arrival I found tho representative. OF
Dental Surgery according to appoint
mcnt, ready for business. House
thcn came to order with your humble
servant In the chair, and DR.. -. rs
Executive <INmmittc. The first thing
he did was to explore, manunlly, the
cave Of dcstruction--to all ediblcs,
which operation reminded mo OF
what John Robinson's clown said to
tho ringmastcr, when that worthy
run his finger into tho professional
fool bread-trap. Thon he took his
syringe and ticklcd my fancy with q
"douchc. Now, gentle readers, !
had been impressed with tho belief
that this dental operation was a new
tangled series OF torturcs, an improve
ment which civilization had wrought
on the old style OF burning at the
stake; and TO every time he took up
an instrument my hair would seem to
be fairly freezing on my head, and
my heart would apparently, climb up
to the very top of my throat, to see
what was going on. But tho Doc
tors gcntlcnsss, aud warm thoughts
of humor, had caused my fears to sub
sido, my hair to thaw, and my heart
to slip noiselessly back into.its pericar-
dunn. was wondering why It was
he didn't "hurt, like my old friends
said it would, and had just about con-
cluded that l could demonstrate to
them why 1t wasn't painful. Said ],
to myself .'Reccnt Graduate, you
know Dentistry, like everything else,
subject to Improvement; progressive
age, you undcrstand"-when sud-
denly the beneficiary OF the dead mil
Ilionarie drew from q corner q sewing
machine looking thing and then began
working q single pedal with his right
foot at the same time aiming ut mo 2
little weapon Of cylindrical shape, !
seemed to know, by intuition, that
my time had come, and shut my eyes.
At first seemed to DO standing on q
railroad, I could hear the rumbling
sound and feel the electricity. Sud-
denly there came o change; seemed
to be hanging by q single wire made
fast to one OF my incisors, the other
end in communication with galvan.
ic battery OF stupendous power.
Gradually, but surely, was the pow
or increased, and Of stars, l saw o
plenty. And then 1t was, I remem.
bered tho man who came through lia-
zlehurst, several years ago with o
galvanic. battery for testing the nerves.
And I remembered that he said ,
.swhen you want me to stop, just
say, bah!" And l cried out with
loud voice, .'Bahl Bah!" but he
didn't tBah!" But lot us pass on
gentle reader, 81 could tale unfold Z,
whose slightest word would harrow
up thy al freeze thy blood, make
thy two eyes like stars, TO start from
their spheres, thy knotted and COM
bined locks to part, and each particu-
lar hair to stand on end, like quills
upon tho fretful procupine." Let II
suffice TO say that arm yet alive, ant
II any one doubts 1t no is at liberty
to cross. examine me. have one
moro remark, let mo say to you, that
II tho devil dances In an empty pocket
as Sir Walter Scott says no does,
when the dentist gets through will
you his 'tSatanic Majesty will have
another grand ball. EXPERIENCED
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